mTouche Penetrates Thailand's ICT Industry

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 (Bernama) -- mTouche Technology Bhd's unit, mTouche (Thailand) Co. Ltd, has marked its entry into Thailand's information and communication technology industry after inking an agreement with G.I.S. Park (Thailand) Co. Ltd on Tuesday. Under the agreement, the company would act as the solution and technology partner together with G.I.S. Park to jointly develop, build, install and operate Thailand's SMART4 public phone and Wi-Fi hub terminal for TOT Public Co. Ltd. (TOT). G.I.S Park is a company engaged in the provision of e-learning business solution. In a statement Tuesday, the company said that TOT was converting most of its 180,000 old public phone booths, nationwide, into SMART4 public phones and Wi-Fi hub terminals. "Priority is given to an estimated 18,000 old public phone booths located in five major areas within Bangkok city, and five provinces in the northern part of Thailand," it said. mTouche Technology said the project would provide several cities with free Wi-Fi services, as part of Thailand's 4.0 initiative. It also said TOT was taking the opportunity to transform the non-profit generating old public phone booths into a new revenue stream. --BERNAMA